Compression Molded Combined Firework

ABSTRACT

A compression molded combined firework includes a plurality of tubular cavity bodies evenly distributed in parallel on a body. Upper ends of the tubular cavity bodies are open, lower ends of the tubular cavity bodies are closed. Chemicals for launching fireworks and effect parts are disposed in the tubular cavity bodies. Flash holes penetrating through the bottom surface of the body are formed in the closed ends of the tubular cavity bodies. Bottom surface openings of the flash holes are located in a wiring groove. A blocking groove is disposed in the wiring groove and between the bottom surface openings of the flash holes. The wiring groove is sealed with glue. The glue forms a closed ring shape along the cross section direction of a leading wire in the wiring groove, thereby blocking a channel where powder gas goes forwards along a gap, and eliminating the phenomenon of blaze.

CROSS REFERENCE OF RELATED APPLICATION

This is a non-provisional application that claims priority to aninternational application number PCT/CN2013/072439, international filingdate Mar. 12, 2013.

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BACKGROUND OF THE PRESENT INVENTION

1. Field of Invention

The present invention relates to an entertainment pyrotechnic products,and more particularly to a combination of fireworks.

2. Description of Related Arts

A combination of fireworks is a combination of a plurality of monocularcylinder firework. A monocular cylinder is called a shot. Conventionalcombination of fireworks is assembled from a plurality of paper bobbins,it has many drawbacks. The processes of the conventional fireworks arecomplicated, and the productivity is low, and the regulatory or thestandard of the products are hard to control.

In recent years, our company had developed a product of one-time moldingcombined fireworks by molding the slurry as a whole piece. The shape andstructure of the molded body is similar to the conventional combinedfireworks, the overall appearance of the molded body shape is generallyrounded prism or cylinder, etc. A plurality of parallel tubular cavitiesis evenly distributed on the body. The structure and the function oftubular cavity body are similar to the monocular cylinder ofconventional fireworks. The upper ends of the tubular cavity bodies areopen, while the lower ends of the tubular cavity bodies are closed.Firework powder and effect parts are provided inside the tubular cavitybodies. It is worth to mention that different from the conventionalcombined fireworks which uses side flash connected fuse structure, thenew combined firework uses bottom flash connected fuse structure. Theclosed end of the tubular cavity bodies is provided a flash hole whichpenetrates the bottom of the whole body. A wiring groove connecting allfire transmission holes is provide on the bottom surface to ensure thepositioning of fuse. And the fuse is embedded in the wiring grooveconnecting each flash hole sequentially. By igniting the fuse, thefirework powder is ignited and the fireworks are launched. Refer toChinese patent CN 101377395B, authorized date Apr. 11, 2012, entitled“Fireworks Molded Outer Tube, Shell Spherical Shell and its Production”,the production process is disclosed.

However, we found that in practice, the one-time molded combinedfireworks still have some drawbacks. A phenomenon of blaze can easilyemerge, that is the firework powder and effect parts in each tubularcavity bodies are not ignited and launched in accordance withpredetermined ignition sequence, but the situation occurs two or moretubular cavities simultaneously launched, which leads to the fireworkeffect are completely ruined.

SUMMARY OF THE PRESENT INVENTION

One object of the present invention is to provide a molded combinedfirework, which can effectively prevent the occurrence of blaze, inorder to achieve the designed effect of fireworks. To solve thementioned problems, the present invention provided a molded combinedfirework, comprising a plurality of parallel tubular cavities evenlydistributed on the body. The upper ends of the tubular cavity bodies areopen while the lower ends are closed. Firework powder and effect partsare provided inside the tubular cavity bodies. A flash hole is providedon the sealed end, penetrating the bottom surface of the body. Theopening of the flash hole is provided inside a wiring groove. Within thewiring groove and the bottom opening of flash hole, a truncated grooveis provided between thereof. The wiring groove is sealed with glue.

Base on research, blaze phenomenon occurs for the following reasons.After the fuse is embedded within wiring groove, a gap exists betweenthe fuse and both the side walls and bottom surface of the wiringgroove. The continuous existing gap within a portion of wiring groovewill lead to the occurrence of fire jump between the flash holes withinthe wiring groove. Due to the spread speed of high pressure combustiongases along the wiring groove is faster than that of the fuse, the gaspass through the gap and flee into the flash holes, so that the fireworkpowder and the effect parts inside the tubular cavity bodies isdisordered ignited by the gas.

Using glue to seal the wiring groove can reduce the occurrence of firejump. The glue can be existing commercial products in current fireworkmaterial market such as moisture-proof glue, etc. In order to improvethe fire truncation performance of the glue, and has good flowdistribution and adhesive properties. Preferably, the glue component is:in parts by weight ratio, 1 to 2 order of moisture-proof glue, 2 to 4orders of calcium carbonate. Mixing evenly using general method.

However, due to the perfect match between the glue distribution and thegap is difficult to achieve, the gap can still be exist, especiallybetween the fuse and bottom surface of the wiring groove. Therefore, ablocking groove is provided inside the wiring groove. The depth of theblocking groove is relatively deeper than that of wiring groove. Theblocking groove is disposed between the bottom openings of the flashholes, so that the glue can easily fill the wiring groove and form aclosed ring shape along the cross-sectional direction of the fuse,preventing the blaze phenomenon from occurring. In addition, pathsthrough which burning high-pressure powder gas flows out from anignition hole and causes accidents are blocked, the powder gas in allthe tubular cavity bodies is restrained to flow out only from the upperends of the tubular cavity bodies; therefore, the safety of products isensured, the amount of powder is standardized, and the quality ofsetting off fireworks is improved.

As can be seen from the above analysis, the blocking groove may beintegrally disposed (e.g. be disposed like a U-shape along the innerwalls of the cross section of the wiring groove) or partially disposed(e.g. be disposed along the inner walls of the cross section of aportion of wiring groove). The length, width and depth of the blockinggroove can be adjusted according to the actual situation. Consideringthe truncation performance and the manufacturing factors, preferably,the blocking groove is provided on the bottom surface of the wiringgroove. Preferably, the width of the blocking groove is larger than thewidth of the wiring groove. Preferably, the blocking groove is arectangular blind hole.

Preferably, a flash hole is provided on the closed end of the tubularcavity bodies which penetrates the bottom surface of the body. Thewiring groove is a continuous integral groove; each bottom opening ofthe flash hole is disposed inside the integral groove. When in use, onlyone fuse is embedded in the wiring groove, and the requirement of flashis fulfilled. There is no need to provide an extra fuse for each of theflash hole. The fuse combusts in the wiring groove and the combustiongas spark goes into the tubular cavity bodies through the flash hole.Then, the firework powder and effect part in the tubular cavity bodiesis ignited.

Since the bottom of some products are thick, making the length of theflash along the axial direction is long, the fuse combust spark cannotreach the firework powder through the flash hole, leading to thefirework powder in the tubular cavity bodies cannot be ignited whichseriously affect the discharge effect. In order to avoid mentioned case,preferably, the flash hole is a tapered hole. The tapered top is on thebottom of the body, and the tapered bottom is along the direction of thebottom of the tubular cavity bodies. In this case, the firework powderfills the tapered tunnel and gets closer to the fuse. Then, the fusecombustion sparks can reach the firework powder and fully ignite thepowder, to ensure there is no noncombustible case.

Preferably, the corners of the continuous integral groove are arc shapedcorner. This can reduce the extent the fuse folded at the corners, andprevent the fuse from wearing or broken, avoiding the fuse breakagecaused product quality problems.

Preferably, two flash holes are provided on the closed end of thetubular cavity bodies which penetrates the bottom of the body. One isflash enter hole and the other is flash exit hole. The wiring groovecomprises a plurality of intermittent decentralized grooves. Besides aflash enter hole connecting the fuse and a flash exit hole connecting aback-up fuse, a flash enter hole of a tubular cavity body and anotherflash enter hole of adjacent tubular cavity body is located within thesame distributed groove. The blocking groove is provided between the twobottom openings. When in use, a plurality of fuse is provided accordingto the number of the distributed groove, the ends of each fuse isinserted into the flash enter hole and the flash exit hole on the wiringgroove.

Preferably, the bottom surface of the body is surrounded by a protrudedborder. A plurality of ventilation relief slots are provided on theborder. The protruded border can make the product underside off theground, to prevent the product from getting moisture and damage. And theventilation relief slots on one hand can make underside ventilationaccelerate drying; and on the other hand if the bottom surface offirework has combustion gas leaking, the pressure can be timely releasedto avoid dumping and causing more accidents.

Additional advantages and features of the invention will become apparentfrom the description which follows, and may be realized by means of theinstrumentalities and combinations particular point out in the appendedclaims.

Still further objects and advantages will become apparent from aconsideration of the ensuing description and drawings.

These and other objectives, features, and advantages of the presentinvention will become apparent from the following detailed description,the accompanying drawings, and the appended claims.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a schematic illustration of the overall structure of firstpreferred embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a bottom structural schematic view of the first preferredembodiment.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional structural schematic view of the firstpreferred embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a bottom structural schematic view of the second preferredembodiment.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional structural schematic view of the secondpreferred embodiment. (fuse and glue are not applied state)

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional structural schematic view of the secondpreferred embodiment. (fuse and glue are applied state)

FIG. 7 is a schematic illustration of the overall structure of thirdpreferred embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a bottom structural schematic view of the third preferredembodiment.

FIG. 9 is a bottom structural schematic view of the forth preferredembodiment.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

The following description is disclosed to enable any person skilled inthe art to make and use the present invention. Preferred embodiments areprovided in the following description only as examples and modificationswill be apparent to those skilled in the art. The general principlesdefined in the following description would be applied to otherembodiments, alternatives, modifications, equivalents, and applicationswithout departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention.

First Preferred Embodiment

Referring to FIGS. 1 to 3, which illustrate a specific configuration ofthe present invention. The first preferred embodiment is an eighty-eightshots one-time molded combined firework. The molded combined fireworkcomprises a main body 1 and eighty-eight parallel evenly distributedtubular cavity bodies 2. An upper end 3 of the tubular cavity body 2 isopen, and a lower end 3 of the tubular cavity body 2 is sealed, whilefirework powder and effect part are provided inside the tubular cavitybodies 2. A flash hole 5 is provided on the sealed end of the tubularcavity bodies 2 which penetrates the bottom of the main body 1. A bottomopening 6 is provided on each of the flash hole 5 and disposed within awiring groove 7. A blocking groove 8 is disposed between the inner wallof the wiring groove 7 and the bottom opening 6 of the flash hole 5.After installing a fuse 10 in the wiring groove 7, glue 9 is used toseal the wiring groove 7. Component of the glue is: in parts by weightratio, one-point-two orders of moisture-proof glue and three orders ofcalcium carbonate. Mixing evenly using general method. The blockinggroove 8 is provided on the bottom surface of the wiring groove 7. Theblocking groove 8 is a rectangular blind hole with a width larger thanthat of the wiring groove 7. The bottom surface of the main body 1 issurrounded by a protruded border 12. Six ventilation relief slots 13 areprovided on the border 12.

In this embodiment, each of the tubular cavity bodies 2 is provided witha flash hole 5, referring to FIG. 2. The wiring groove 7 is a continuousintegral groove, and the corners 11 are arc-shaped corners. Each bottomopening 6 of eighty-eight flash hole 5 is located within the wiringgroove 7. The blocking groove 8 is disposed between each of the bottomopening 6. When in use, only one fuse 10 is embedded in the wiringgroove 7. Both ends of the fuse 10 pass through a side wiring groove 14on the main body 1 and reaches the upper surface of the main body 1,which can be used as an ignition fuse and a back-up ignition fuse. Theflash hole 5 is a tapered hole, the tapered top is on the bottom of themain body 1, and the tapered bottom is along the direction of the innerbottom of the tubular cavity bodies 2.

As can be seen, the blocking groove 8 is provided between two bottomopenings 6 of the flash hole 5, thus glue 9 can easily fills the wiringgroove 7, forming a closed ring shape along the direction of the crosssection of the fuse 10 to truncate combustion gas travelling along thegap.

Second Preferred Embodiment

Referring to FIGS. 4 to 6, which illustrate another specific structureof the present invention. The second preferred embodiment is atwenty-five shots one-time molded combined firework. Similarly, themolded combined firework comprises a main body 101 and twenty-fiveparallel evenly distributed tubular cavities 102. The upper ends of thetubular cavity bodies 102 are open, and the lower ends of the tubularcavity bodies 102 are closed, while firework powder and effect part areprovided inside the tubular cavity bodies 102. A flash hole 105 isprovided on the closed end of the tubular cavity body 102 whichpenetrates the bottom of the main body 101. A bottom opening is providedon each of the flash hole 105 and disposed within a wiring groove 103. Ablocking groove 104 is disposed between the inner wall of the wiringgroove 103 and the bottom opening of the flash hole 105. Afterinstalling a fuse 106 in the wiring groove 104, glue is used to seal thewiring groove 104. The blocking groove 104 is provided on the bottomsurface of the wiring groove 103. The blocking groove 104 is arectangular blind hole. The bottom surface of the main body 101 issurrounded by a protruded border 107. Four ventilation relief slots 108are provided on the border 107.

The difference between the first preferred embodiment and the secondpreferred embodiment is that, in this embodiment, each of the tubularcavity bodies is provided with two flash holes 105, one of them is aflash enter hole, and the other is a flash exit hole. The wiring groove104 comprises twenty-four mutual intermittent dispersed style grooves.As can be seen from FIG. 4, there are fifty flash hole 105, besides anflash enter hole 109 connecting fuse and a flash exit hole 110connecting back-up fuse, the remaining forty-eight holes combines intotwenty-four groups in a way of one-inlet-one-outlet, in other words, aflash enter hole of a tubular cavity body 102 pairs with a flash exithole of the adjacent tubular cavity body 102. Two bottom openings ofeach pair of the flash holes 105 are disposed within the same wiringgroove 103. The blocking groove 104 is provided between the two bottomopenings. When in use, a plurality of fuses 106 are provided accordingto the number of distributed groove, two ends of each fuse 106 isinserted into the flash enter hole and the flash exit hole within thegroove separately. After the ignition, the order of fire transmission islike the following: fuse ignition, the flash enter hole 109, thefirework powder inside the tubular cavity body where the flash enterhole 109 located, the flash exit hole of the tubular cavity body wherethe flash enter hole 109 located, the flash enter hole of the adjacenttubular cavity body, the firework powder inside the adjacent tubularcavity body, the flash exit hole of the adjacent tubular cavity body. Insuch order, the fuse finally goes to the flash exit 110 and the back-upignition fuse. When using the back-up fuse, the order is reversed.

As can be seen, the blocking groove 104 is provided between two bottomopenings of the flash hole 105, thus glue can easily fills the wiringgroove 103, forming a closed ring shape along the direction of the crosssection of the fuse 106 to truncate combustion gas travelling along thegap.

Third Preferred Embodiment

Referring to FIGS. 7 and 8, the difference from the second preferredembodiment is, the third preferred embodiment is a nineteen shotsone-time molded combined firework. The main body 201 is a regularhexagon. A blocking groove 202 is provided to make glue easily filling awiring groove 203, forming a closed ring shape along the direction ofthe cross section of the fuse to truncate combustion gas travellingalong the gap.

Forth Preferred Embodiment

Referring to FIG. 9, which illustrates a twenty-five shots one-timemolded combined firework. The difference from the second preferredembodiment is, in this embodiment, one tubular cavity body providedthree flash holes while the other tubular cavity body only provided withone flash hole. This different fire transmission sequence can achievethe requirement of the discharge process design, which is a specialvolley effect. Similarly, a blocking groove is provided to make glueeasily filling a wiring groove, forming a closed ring shape along thedirection of the cross section of the fuse to truncate combustion gastravelling along the gap.

One skilled in the art will understand that the embodiment of thepresent invention as shown in the drawings and described above isexemplary only and not intended to be limiting.

It will thus be seen that the objects of the present invention have beenfully and effectively accomplished. The embodiments have been shown anddescribed for the purposes of illustrating the functional and structuralprinciples of the present invention and is subject to change withoutdeparture from such principles. Therefore, this invention includes allmodifications (e.g. the figure of main body, the design of firetransmission or the distribution of wiring groove, etc.) encompassedwithin the spirit and scope of the following claims.

1: A compression molded combined firework, comprises: a plurality of tubular cavity bodies evenly distributed in parallel on a body, wherein upper ends of said tubular cavity bodies are open, lower ends of said tubular cavity bodies are closed, wherein chemicals for launching fireworks and effect parts are disposed in said tubular cavity bodies; flash holes penetrating through the bottom surface of said body, wherein the bottom openings of said flash holes are located in a wiring groove; and a blocking groove being provided in said wiring groove and between said bottom surface openings of said flash holes, wherein said wiring groove is sealed with glue. 2: A compression molded combined firework, as recited in claim 1, wherein said blocking groove is disposed on the inner bottom surface of said wiring groove. 3: A compression molded combined firework, as recited in claim 2, wherein the width of said blocking groove is larger than the width of said wiring groove. 4: A compression molded combined firework, as recited in claim 2, wherein said blocking groove is a rectangular blind hole. 5: A compression molded combined firework, as recited in claim 1, wherein the bottom surface of said body is surrounded by a protruded border, wherein a plurality of ventilation relief slots are provided on said border. 6: A compression molded combined firework, as recited in claim 1, wherein said glue component is: in parts by weight ratio, one to two order of moisture-proof glue, two to four orders of calcium carbonate. 7: A compression molded combined firework, as recited in claim 1, wherein a flash hole penetrating through the bottom surface of said body is provided on said closed end of said tubular cavity bodies, wherein said wiring groove is a continuous integral groove, wherein said bottom openings of said flash holes are located in said integral groove, wherein said blocking groove is disposed between each of said bottom openings. 8: A compression molded combined firework, as recited in claim 7, wherein said flash holes are tapered holes, wherein the tapered top is along the direction of the bottom of said body and the tapered bottom is along the direction of the bottom of said tubular cavity bodies. 9: A compression molded combined firework, as recited in claim 7, wherein the corners of said continuous integral groove are arc-shaped corners. 10: A compression molded combined firework, as recited in claim 1, wherein two flash holes penetrating through the bottom surface of said body are provided, wherein one of said flash hole is a flash enter hole and the other is a flash exit hole, wherein said wiring groove comprises a plurality of intermittent distributed groove, wherein beside one of said flash enter hole connecting a fuse and one of said flash exit hole connecting a spare fuse, the remaining said bottom opening of said flash enter hole on said tubular cavity bodies and another said bottom opening of said flash enter hole on the adjacent said tubular cavity bodies are located on same said distributed groove, wherein said blocking groove is disposed between two of said bottom openings. 11: A compression molded combined firework, as recited in claim 3, wherein said blocking groove is a rectangular blind hole. 12: A compression molded combined firework, as recited in claim 2, wherein a flash hole penetrating through the bottom surface of said body is provided on said closed end of said tubular cavity bodies, wherein said wiring groove is a continuous integral groove, wherein said bottom openings of said flash holes are located in said integral groove, wherein said blocking groove is disposed between each of said bottom openings. 13: A compression molded combined firework, as recited in claim 3, wherein a flash hole penetrating through the bottom surface of said body is provided on said closed end of said tubular cavity bodies, wherein said wiring groove is a continuous integral groove, wherein said bottom openings of said flash holes are located in said integral groove, wherein said blocking groove is disposed between each of said bottom openings. 14: A compression molded combined firework, as recited in claim 5, wherein a flash hole penetrating through the bottom surface of said body is provided on said closed end of said tubular cavity bodies, wherein said wiring groove is a continuous integral groove, wherein said bottom openings of said flash holes are located in said integral groove, wherein said blocking groove is disposed between each of said bottom openings. 15: A compression molded combined firework, as recited in claim 6, wherein a flash hole penetrating through the bottom surface of said body is provided on said closed end of said tubular cavity bodies, wherein said wiring groove is a continuous integral groove, wherein said bottom openings of said flash holes are located in said integral groove, wherein said blocking groove is disposed between each of said bottom openings. 16: A compression molded combined firework, as recited in claim 12, wherein said flash holes are tapered holes, wherein the tapered top is along the direction of the bottom of said body and the tapered bottom is along the direction of the bottom of said tubular cavity bodies. 17: A compression molded combined firework, as recited in claim 13, wherein said flash holes are tapered holes, wherein the tapered top is along the direction of the bottom of said body and the tapered bottom is along the direction of the bottom of said tubular cavity bodies. 18: A compression molded combined firework, as recited in claim 14, wherein said flash holes are tapered holes, wherein the tapered top is along the direction of the bottom of said body and the tapered bottom is along the direction of the bottom of said tubular cavity bodies. 19: A compression molded combined firework, as recited in claim 15, wherein said flash holes are tapered holes, wherein the tapered top is along the direction of the bottom of said body and the tapered bottom is along the direction of the bottom of said tubular cavity bodies. 20: A compression molded combined firework, as recited in claim 12, wherein the corners of said continuous integral groove are arc-shaped corners. 21: A compression molded combined firework, as recited in claim 13, wherein the corners of said continuous integral groove are arc-shaped corners. 22: A compression molded combined firework, as recited in claim 14, wherein the corners of said continuous integral groove are arc-shaped corners. 23: A compression molded combined firework, as recited in claim 15, wherein the corners of said continuous integral groove are arc-shaped corners. 24: A compression molded combined firework, as recited in claim 2, wherein two flash holes penetrating through the bottom surface of said body are provided, wherein one of said flash hole is a flash enter hole and the other is a flash exit hole, wherein said wiring groove comprises a plurality of intermittent distributed groove, wherein beside one of said flash enter hole connecting a fuse and one of said flash exit hole connecting a spare fuse, the remaining said bottom opening of said flash enter hole on said tubular cavity bodies and another said bottom opening of said flash enter hole on the adjacent said tubular cavity bodies are located on same said distributed groove, wherein said blocking groove is disposed between two of said bottom openings. 25: A compression molded combined firework, as recited in claim 3, wherein two flash holes penetrating through the bottom surface of said body are provided, wherein one of said flash hole is a flash enter hole and the other is a flash exit hole, wherein said wiring groove comprises a plurality of intermittent distributed groove, wherein beside one of said flash enter hole connecting a fuse and one of said flash exit hole connecting a spare fuse, the remaining said bottom opening of said flash enter hole on said tubular cavity bodies and another said bottom opening of said flash enter hole on the adjacent said tubular cavity bodies are located on same said distributed groove, wherein said blocking groove is disposed between two of said bottom openings. 26: A compression molded combined firework, as recited in claim 5, wherein two flash holes penetrating through the bottom surface of said body are provided, wherein one of said flash hole is a flash enter hole and the other is a flash exit hole, wherein said wiring groove comprises a plurality of intermittent distributed groove, wherein beside one of said flash enter hole connecting a fuse and one of said flash exit hole connecting a spare fuse, the remaining said bottom opening of said flash enter hole on said tubular cavity bodies and another said bottom opening of said flash enter hole on the adjacent said tubular cavity bodies are located on same said distributed groove, wherein said blocking groove is disposed between two of said bottom openings. 27: A compression molded combined firework, as recited in claim 6, wherein two flash holes penetrating through the bottom surface of said body are provided, wherein one of said flash hole is a flash enter hole and the other is a flash exit hole, wherein said wiring groove comprises a plurality of intermittent distributed groove, wherein beside one of said flash enter hole connecting a fuse and one of said flash exit hole connecting a spare fuse, the remaining said bottom opening of said flash enter hole on said tubular cavity bodies and another said bottom opening of said flash enter hole on the adjacent said tubular cavity bodies are located on same said distributed groove, wherein said blocking groove is disposed between two of said bottom openings. 